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EE WAS BARRING DOWN IN WORK AREA INCORRECTLY. HE WAS NOT TIED OFF WITH LANYARD. SLIPPED AND FELL APPRX 18 FT WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN WILLCOX, THEN TRANSPORTED TO TUCSON FOR X RAYS. HAS CUTS A ND BRUISES. WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION AND WAS RELEASED 2-6-96 AM NO BROKEN BONES HE WAS UP WALKING AROUND THEN TAKEN TO HOSPTIAL.
ON 07-27-95 EE WAS BLASTING DOWN HANGUP & WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STRIPING FLOOR BACK TO BLAST WHEN I TWISTED MY KNEE & FELL I WAS TIDE OFF WITH A LANYARD TO KEEP FROM FURTHER INJURY
EE WAS RUNNING DOWN THE STARIR OS THE GENERATOR TRAILER & FELL BRUISING HIS LEFT ARM THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO A SUPERVISOR UNTIL 09-10-93
EMPL STANDING ON SHALE LIKE BERM WHEN WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING LOSS OF BALANCE.TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WHICH RESULTED IN PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER PART OF BACK.
WHILE MOVING AN OIL BARREL, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK AND HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM BECAUSE THE GROUND WAS WET FROM SNOW.
APPARENTLY WHEN EE WAS TAKING HIS SAMPLES, HE STEPPEED OFF THE BRIDGE ONTO THE PLASTIC LINER WHEWHICH WAS COVERED WITH FROST. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS BACK THE LINER IS VERY SLIPPERY WHEN WET OR ICY.
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE BACK STAIRS OF THE LUBE TRUCK AFTER CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK WITH THE HOTSY STEAM CLEANER. HE SLIPPED ON THE SECOND SATAIR AND IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK HIS FALL HE HIT HIS LEFT WRIST WITH THE STEAM NOZZLE HE WAS HOLDING IN HIS RIGHT HAND.
GENERATOR WAS EXPERIENCING MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES-EMPLOYEE TOOK SHORT CUT TO GENERATOR DOWN A SLOP INSTEAD OF ACCESS ROAD EMPLOYEE SAT DOWN AND PROCEEDED TO SLIDE DOWN A SLOPE RESULTING IN IN JURY TO TAIL BONE.